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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS CARNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MOSES BENSINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,177, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed October 15, 1889. Serial No. 827,137. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS CARNEY, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash Registers and Indicators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a cross-section taken between any two keys of the cash-register. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section at line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an outside view of the principal part of the key-arresting devices, the

end of the case not being shown. Fig. 4 is a detail, being an end view, showing the cam for raising the front cross-bar, which is part of the key-arresting devices. Fig. 5 is a detail to show how one cross-bar of the key-ar- 2o resting devices is raised by the other bar. Fig. 6 is a plan of the key-arresting devices, the case being in section. Fig. 7 is a detail, being a plan of the bell-bar and attachment thereon, by means of which and an operatingrod either one of the dollar-tablets when in view will be released, as more fully described hereinafter. Fig. 8 is a cross-section at line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

My improvements relate to that class of 0 cash registers and indicators which are provided with keys and with tablets on which figures are placed corresponding with the figures on the keys, one of which tablets is brought into view when a key is operated, 3 5 and by the operation of the key the amount of the sale is also at the same time registered. It has been found desirable to provide such machines with a key-arrester, so that if a key has been partly pulled and is released accio dentally or otherwise before its stroke is completed it cannot return to its normal position. It is also desirable to provide such machines with devices which will prevent the operation of a dollar-key and a cent-key at the same 5 time, because the registry is not likely to be correct if two keys be operated simultaneously. It is also desirable to provide devices by means of which when a sale of a given amount has been made and more than one dollar, if the next sale be for the same amount,

the operation of a cent-key will release the dollar-tablet which was exposed when the last preceding sale was made.

The objects of this improvement are to pro vide a key-arrester so constructed that if any 5 5 key has been partly pulled it cannot return to its normal position until its full stroke has been completed; to provide devices by means of which when any one of the keys is being operated all the other keys will be locked until such key has been returned to its normal position; to provide a device by means of which the keys of the dollar-section of the machine will be locked while any one of the cent-keys is being operated, and which will also look either one of the cent-keys while the dollar-key is being operated, so that a dollar-key and a cent-key cannot be operated at the same time; to provide devices by means of which if any one of the cent-keys which brings into view a tablet be operated a second time consecutively any exposed dollartablet will be released, all of which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter described.

That which I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents a suitable case in which the mechanism is contained.

B are keys pivoted upon a rod secured at its ends in the frame, as usual. C are tablets, on each of which a figure or figures are to be placed. to indicate dollars, corresponding with figures on the keys, as usual. These tablets are hinged and one is brought into view when- 8 5 ever a dollar-key is operated by means of levers and rods,which need not be particularly described, being no part of the present invention. D is a catch arranged to engage with a shoulder a on each one of the dollar-tablets 0 when it is exposed to view. D is a similar catch to engage with the cent-tablets C when exposed to view, which tablets are operated by a cent-key and in substantially the same manner as dollar-tablets. E is a bar pivoted 5 at its ends in arms Z) c, which are pivoted 011 the rod F,being the same rod that the keys B are pivoted on. G is arack secured to the inside of the frame. d is a pawl pivoted to the upper end of the arm Z) and arranged to engage with the rack G. The under side of this pawl is provided with a downward projection e. f is a lever pivoted at g to the arm b, the upper end of which leveris arranged to engage with the downward projection e on the pawl (Z. h is a pin secured to the frame and projecting inward therefrom, and serving the purpose of a stop, with which the lever f comes in contact when the bar E has been brought to the position indicated by. dotted lines in Fig. 3. Z is another stop on the inside of the frame, with which the lever f comes in contact when the bar E returns to its normal position. j are two pins on the outside of the arm Z) to limit the movement of the lever f. Zcis a spring, one end of which is connected with the arm Z) and the other end with the pawl d. H is a cross-bar to which the arms Z) c are secured. Zare hooks integral with the bar E, one hook for each key. m are pins projecting out one from each key, with which pins the hooks Z are arranged to engage. I is a sway-bar provided with ears or, which extend rearward and are pivoted to the inside of the frame. 0 is a series of hooks integral with the sway-bar I, arranged to engage with the pins on on the keys. One of these hooks 0 is provided on its upper edge with an overhanging lip 19, under which one of the hooks Z passes and with which lip the end of such hook engages. q is a short arm rigidly connected to one end of thepivoted bar E, which arm (1 is arranged to ride over a pin 0 secured to the inside of one end of the frame. J is a spring connected atone end with the arm?) and at the other end with the frame of the machine, which spring is designed to return the bar E and the key which was operated last to their normal positions when the pawl (Z has been released from the rack G. The operation of this part of my improvement is as follows: When the bar E is in its normal position, the small arm q rests upon the pin 0', and the hooks Z will then be raised out of contact with the pins m, and one of the hooks Z will be in contact with the lip 13 on one of the hooks 0 on the sway-bar I, and all of the hooks 0, as well as the hooks Z, will be raised a little and out of contact with the pins m. Now if one of the keys be pulled forward its pin on will engage with the shoulder on the under side of the hook Znext to such key, and the bar E will at first be moved a little with the movement of the hook, releasing the arm g from the pin 0, and the hooks Z will fall a little by gravity, the bar E turning on its pivots. During the movement of the key and bar E the pawl (Z will ride over the rack G, and if by accident or otherwise the key be released before its full stroke has been completed the pawl, being in engagement with a tooth of the rack, will prevent the return of the bar E and the key to their normal positions. When the key has completed its stroke, the lever f will come in contact with the pin 72., and the upper end of the lever will be forced against and partly under the projection e on the under side of the pawl, which will raise it from the rack, and then, if the key be released, it and the bar E will be returned to their normal positions by the action of the spring J. Then this normal position has been reached, the lever f will be in contact with the pin or step i, and the lever will be forced back away from contact with the pawl (Z, which then will be free to engage with the rack G. Whenever a key is operated and the bar E has been moved a little distance suificiently far to carry the hook Z, which was under and in engagement- So with the lip 19 on one of the hooks 0, the sway-bar I and all of the hooks 0 will fall by gravity, such hooks o engaging with the pins on the remaining keys, so that no one of them can be then operated. WVhenever the bar E is in its normal position the sway-bar I and all of the hooks 0 will be raised a little, so that the hooks will be out of contact with the pins on 011 the several keys, so that either one of the keys can then be operated. The position of these parts when in their normal position is shown in Fig. 5.

My devices for locking the dollar-keys while a cent-key is being operated and for locking the cent-keys while a dollar-key is being operated are as follows: K is a bar rigidly connected with arms 5' s, which extend rearward and are pivoted one to one end of the frame and the other to a center piece L, which may be considered as a part of the frame. M is another bar similar to K, rigidly connected with arms H, which extend rearward and are pivoted to the shaft F. N N are levers, with the rear ends of which one of the rods 0 O is connected for the purpose of operating the tablets O C. P is a pendant pivoted at its upper end. Its lower end is beveled and is located between the arms 3 and t. The operation of this locking device is as follows: lVhenever a cent-key is operated one of the levers N will be raised a little, which will raise the bar K, and the arm 8, coming in contact with the beveled end of the pendant P, will force such pendant over against the arm I, and then neither one of the dollar-keys can be operated, all of such dollar-keys being then locked by the bar M. Then one of the dollar-keys is operated, one of the levers N will be raised a little, raising at the same time the bar M, and the arm 25 then coming in contact with the beveled end of the pendant P will force it over against the arm 3, and then no one of the cent-keys can be operated, all of such cent-keys being then locked by the bar K.

My devices for releasing an exposed dollartablet when a key which operates an exposed cent-tablet is operated asccond time consecutively are as follows: Q is abracket, which is secured to the sway-bar R, used in machines of this class for striking the bell, the bellstriking devices not being shown. Extending forward from this bracket is a projection a, which is provided with a slot in which a swinging plate 0 is pivoted at a. b is aspring shown in Fig. 2.

back of the plate Q). S is a bracket secured to the inside of the frame. T is a rod which passes through the inner end of the bracket S, which serves the oflice of a guide for this rod. The upper end of this rod is bent over and arranged to engage with the catch D, as c is a spring. As shown, the rod T passes through the rod U. d e are two pins on the rod T. The lower end of the rod T, when these parts are in their normal position, rests upon the swinging plate '0. V is the rod on which the arms which carry the sway-bar R are pivoted. The operation of these devices is as follows: When the sway-bar R is moved upward by the movement of one of the cent-keys, as usual, the bracket Q will be raised, which will raise the rod T and lift the catch D out from engagement with any one of the dollartablets O which may be then exposed, allowing it to drop, and this will be the operation even though the same cent -key be operated twice consecutively, which would not be the case unless special releasing devices were provided. As the bracket Q rises, it also moves a little to the rear, because it moves in a circle, so that when the rod Thas been carv ried up far enough to release the catch D the plate 4; will be carried away from beneath the rod T, and the spring 0 will force it down. WVhen the sway-bar R and bracket Q return to their normal position the forward edge of the plate o will pass down in contact with the rod T and the plate will be forced back, swinging on its pivot until the plate passes below the end of the rod T, and then the spring 1') will force the plate 1* forward, bringing it again beneath the lower end of the rod T ready for the next operation.

In Fig. 1 I have shown an inclined moneydrawer A, which is supported by angular swinging arms B; also, a receptacle E for coins and a door F, through which access can be had thereto; but these parts form no part of the present invent-ion.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cash-indicator, the combination, with a series of keysB and a stationary rack G, of a swinging key-arresting bar E, for engaging a part of each key when the latter is moved forward, and a pawl (7, moving with the swinging key-arresting bar for engaging the rack, and thereby arresting the key it released before the completion of its forward stroke, substantially as described.

2. In a cash-indicator, the combination of a series of keys, a swinging bar E, supported by arms I) c, a fixed rack G, a pawl moving with said swinging bar and arranged to engage with the rack, a lever f, pivoted to the arm I), and the stop h, arranged in the path of the lever f, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a cash-indicator, the combination of a series of swinging keys 13, each having a lateral pin m, and a swinging sway-bar I, having a series of hooks 0, one for each key, and all moving simultaneously with the swaybar to engage the lateral pins and hold the remaining keys against movement while one key is being operated, and a movable bar operated by the movement of a key and having a device which, in the normal position of the said movable bar, holds the sway-bar in position to free its hooks from the pins, substantially as described.

4. In a cash-indicator, the combination of a series of keys, a swinging bar E, pivoted at the upper ends of the swinging arms I) c and provided with hooks Z, an arm (1, secured to the bar E, a pin 0', secured to the frame, and a swinging bar I, provided with hooks 0, one of which has an overhanging lip 19, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a cash-indicator, the combination of a series of keys, levers N, a bar K, supported by pivoted arms 3 s, rods 0, indicating-tablets O, levers N, supportedby pivoted arms 15 t, rods O,indicating-tablets O, catches D and D, and a pivoted pendant P, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a cash-indicator, a series of keys, levers N N, sway-bar R, bracket Q, pivoted plate 11, a spring behind the plate 'v, and a rod T, in combination with catches, each arranged to engage with a number of indicating-tablets, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

THOMAS CARNEY.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, ROBERT A. MILLAR. 

